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MUSTAGEE 'GUARD NO. 357,5'71. Patented Feb. 15, 1.887.

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UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE.

WALTER S. BROWER ANDVEDMUND CONKLIN, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK; SAID CONKLIN ASSIGNOR TO SATD BROWER.

MUSTACHE-GUARD.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N'o. 357,5'71, c'lated February J 5, 1887.

Application filed June 5, 1886. Serial No. 204.204. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/061 12):

Be it known that we, WALTER S. 'BROWER and EDMUND CONKLIN, both citizens of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and usefnl Mustache- Guard, of which the following is a Specification.

Our invention relates to a detachable mustache-guard which is readily attachalole to a cup or other drinkingvessel having correspondence of size with this guard, and detachable therefroin and portable on the person of the user; and it consists of the combination of devices and elements,hereinafter particularly described, and set forth in the claims.

The Objects of our invention are to provide a detachable mustache-guard which can be readily applied to drinking cups, glasses, and other drinking-vessels and be securely connected with the same at will, and when not used to be readly detachable and portable without inconvenience to the user in Carrying the same. We attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this Specification, 'in whichv Figure 1 is a perspective view of onr new and imp-roved mustache-guard When detached from the drinking-vessel. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a drinking-vessel having our mnstacheguard applied thereto.

The same letters refer to the same parts in the several Views. v

Our mustache guard is composed of the guard-plate A, horizontal keeper B, and clastic holding-piece C;

The guard-plate A is made of 'any suitable material, and preferably of sheet metal, such as tin, silvered or nickle-plated brass, or equivalent metal having cleanly snrfaces. The outer edges, a (t, of this guard are made with forms which will correspond with that of the drinking-vessel'at its rim-edge, and these edges a arepreferably curved downwardly to a short distance to produce on the lower side 'a slight concave seat, s, as shown. Madewith this guard-plate, at two points on the edges a a, are the holding-lips a' a', for engagement with the side wall of the Vessel, to hold the guard from shifting rearward. These holdinglips can be made in connection with the guardplate Or be secured thereto by solder, rivets, or any other well-known means, and are made to project to a short distance below the plane of the lower side of said plato. Madein the front side portion of this plate, and between edge sections a a, is the cOncave-form recess A', Which is made ordinarily about one and one-half inch in length, and with a depth of about five-eighths to three-qnarters of an inch from the line of curvature of edges (t a. The Tear side edge of this gnard-plate A is also made With a concave-form recess,A the edge of which at the middle of length of the plate approaches the edge of recess A' to within about one-half of an inch.

The keeperB is preferably made of stiff wire bent in circular form,.and has its ends connected with guard-plateA by solder or rivet's, Or any other well-known means practiced by the trade. This circular form of the keeper is preferred, though the portions of the wire composing the keeper can be made to run in angular lines from the plate A to the point of intersection of the two branches of the wire/ as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. At the point of intersection of the two branches b b of this keeper there is provided an elastic holding-piece, O, made preferably in connection with the keeper B by twisting the wire of the two branches b b together from the point of their intersection, as shown, so as to fur= nish a sufficient length of material for hending rearwardly and downwardly to a snfficient distance to give the holding-piece a bearing on the rear side of the Vessel at a distance below the rim of the same. The drawings show that this holding-piece is made to be in form to include a convenient handle, C', yet this is not'essential, as this upwardly-'projecting handle can be dispensed with and the holdingpiece be made to extend first horizontally rearwardly, and then downwardly; yet in most cases we would prefer to retain this hand1e-form of holding-piece, as it serves as a convenient means for placing 'and removing this mustache-guard from the Vessel.

When this device is properly placed on the drinking-vessel D,the concavities s of edges a IOO will receive the rim-edge of the Vessel, and the holding-lips a a will engage with the outside of the Wall in front of the Vessel at two points and react against the elastic holding piece C, which will have bearing against the wall of the Vessel-on its rear side, and these devices-the lips a' a and holding-piece C-Will hold the guard from shifting in any direetion on the rini of the Vessel, While the keeper B Will hold the guard-plate horizontal and suitably connected with the reaeting elastic holding-piece C. The concave line of edge,whioh is produced by recess A',operates with the rim of the Vessel in front to produee (when this guard is in place on the Vessel) a suitable opening through which a person can drink from the Vessel. The recess A formed by the coneave form of rear side edge of the guardplate, operates to permit the drinkefls nose to pass down into the upper end of the Vessel.

This mustaeheguard can be made in several sizes to fit the several sizes of rims of drinking-Vessels, and is intended to be for the use of individuals when traveling or away from home.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a detaehable mustaeheguard, the cornbination, with the guard-plate A, provided with a recess in its front side edge and holding-lips connected With the rinredge sections, a a, of the reaeting holding-piece C, and a conmeeting-piece between said guard-plate and holding-piece, suhstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In adetachable mustaehe-guard, the combination, with guard-plateA, made withedgesections for seating on the rim of a drinking- Vessel, and recess A' in its front side edge and provided with holding-lips a' a' for engagement with the front side Wall of the vessel, of the elastic holding-piece C, and a connecting-pieee between said holding-piece and said guard-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a detaehable mustache-guard, the Combination, with guardplate A, having eoneave recess A' and edge sections, a a, provided with seats 8 s, and holding-lips a' a', of the reacting holding-piece O, handle C', and keeper B,c0nnecting said handle and holding-piece with said guard-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 1

4. The combination, with a drinkingvessel, of a detachable mustache guard which is formed by the combination of the guard-plate A, provided with recess A', edge seats, a 8, and holdiug-lips a', and the elastie holdingpiece C and keeper B, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WVALTER S. BROWER. EDMUND CONKLIN. \Vitnesses:

JAMES L. BANKER, ALEX. SELKIRK. 

